typos or mistakes in ebooks

[Kolenka]

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

If the publisher isn't going to maintain the electronic version of the book, then a printed version that is easy to scan should be retained as an archive copy. It should be printed and formatted in a way that is easy for a scanner to accurately read (printed in a OCR font like "OCR-B" [where each character is distinctly different from any other character], each paragraph separated by a blank line, and includes annotations to clarify formatting where needed).

I agree with the principle, but who in their right might was thinking of this stuff 20 years ago? Most of the worst conversions were from books published before e-books, HTML and common internet access.

Doesn't seem fair to expect the publishers to be prescient. It is fair to expect publishers to notice that these older books can't just be scanned, skimmed, and sent out for sale.